Re: learning python. learning defining functions . need help

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On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:04:56 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber
<wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> declaimed the following:

>On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:24:27 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
>declaimed the following:
>
>>
>>... why do you call up "type(dict())"? Why not either just "dict" or "type({})"?
>>
>	I seldom bother with type checks in my normal quick&dirty programs...
>And wasn't certain is {} would also include sets.

	And I'll accept that comparing against dict() was is in error... Just
an example of how little I use those (and I was running late getting to
work -- I posted the code about 0918, needed to be at work by 1000, and
still had to take a shower/shave/etc.)
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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  Re: learning python. learning defining functions . need help Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-22 09:13 -0400
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  Re: learning python. learning defining functions . need help Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-22 20:04 -0400
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